... no doubt that this Congress is going to pass climate change legislation.” Bizarrely, though, his FinanceCommittee will hold an utterly missable hearing today on the “future of jobs” under clean energy legislation that has a witness list stacked with fossil-fuel-industry-funded polluters and deniers. Wonk Room has the story , excerpted below: Appearing before the committee...
Global Bully Rudd fights for foreign committee, against citizens « JoNova Rudd is clearly very frustrated that the election wedge he thought he had a handle on is bolting out from under him. And it’s not a moment too soon. But this time he has gone too far. He needs to apologize unreservedly for baseless attacks on all the scientists who have been trying to warn him and help him...
I’ve been saying that an one-size fits all approach to health care will have one initial casualty; common sense. Since a large program has to be highly regimented, and will be written by people with their own agendas, the regulations will often part company with logic. of what I’m sure will be many examples.(CNSNews.com) - Under the Senate FinanceCommittee version of the health-care...
Senate FinanceCommittee Chairman Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) today put out a mid-year budget report that projects a smaller deficit than Gov. Paterson. Kruger, citing national and state-focused data compiled by IHS Global Insight, set the current-year deficit at $2.9 billion, lower than than the $3.1 billion Paterson is citing and far lower than the $4.1 billion Controller Thomas DiNapoli...
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Wednesday voted 41-28 for passage of the Investor Protection Act. Among the regulations included in the bill are an enhancement of powers for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), additional protections for whistleblowers, and establishment of fiduciary duties for brokers and dealers. Bill sponsor Paul Kanjorski...
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) pushed the climate bill through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday, but it's becoming clear the bill won't get far before the world meets in Copenhagen. Boxer decided to ignore the Republican boycott of the Climate Bill - and the requirement that 2 Replublicans be present to vote for passage - and passed the bill based on a simple majority...
Senator Jim Inhofe was on Fox News this morning with Martha McCulloum. He was shocked that Senator Barbara Boxer actually broke a written committee rule to pass a cap and trade bill out of committee yesterday. See video below. Jim Inhofe Inhofe (R-OK) said this action by Boxer (D-CA) is "history-making...has never been done before" and is "unprecedented." According...
The Grand Forks Alerus Center Financial Disaster on the Prairie I mentioned this on Monday, but if anyone can attend this meeting and take notes (or even record it) I’d greatly appreciate it. GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL FINANCE/DEVELOPMENT STANDBY COMMITTEE Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - Room A101 – 4:00 p.m. ”> GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL FINANCE/DEVELOPMENT STANDBY COMMITTEE...
SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Nevada has a Successful Loan Mediation Program. What: Hearing of the Assembly Banking & FinanceCommittee (the second in an ongoing series by the Committee) on California’s foreclosure crisis and ...
Senate FinanceCommittee Chairman Carl Kruger says they don’t have to cut, he says we can use different stashes of money that are all over the place… Say what? If there are stashes of money in different areas then why the hell is that the case? To raid the rainy day fund just to once [...]
SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbra), Chair of the Assembly Banking & FinanceCommittee, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing in January to study the impact of undisclosed interchange ...
... the possible measured against the ideal. Though the CBO estimated the House bill (and the Senate FinanceCommittee bill ) would reduce the federal deficit and come in under Obama's $900 billion limit, some health care economists and lawmakers are not convinced the bills do enough to tame costs . According to The New York Times , health economists say it's impossible to know if either...
by Bruce Webb I get e-mail Everyone, Over the weekend, eight of us who worked on the Greenspan commission drafted a joint written statement (attached and pasted below.) We have just submitted it to the Budget Committee. We are hoping it gets as wide a distribution as possible. In that regard, if any of you are able to post it on your web sites, and get it in the hands of bloggers, reporters,...
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) will unveil today the Senate FinanceCommittee�s proposals for overhauling the financial regulatory system. The centerpiece is the creation of a single regulator.
